Job 29:3
When his lamp shined over my head, And when by his light I walked through darkness!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
In Context
2O that I were as in months past, In the days when God was my guardian;
4As I was in the autumn of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;
Cross References
Job 18:6Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go out.
Job 22:28The purpose which thou formest shall prosper with thee, And light shall shine upon thy ways.
Psalms 18:28Thou causest my lamp to shine; Jehovah, my God, enlighteneth my darkness.
Psalms 23:4When I walk through a valley of deathlike shade, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy crook and thy staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; The LORD giveth grace and glory; No good thing doth he withhold From them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shall rejoice; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:2-7
Former Prosperity of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; 6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; Losers may have leave to speak, and… Read the whole commentary →